Re: Use of melatonin in toddlers/children, results??

[Guest guest]

My daughter takes 1 mg and we can up it too 2 mg per day if needed.

Melatonin has helped her a lot, she is going to be 3 years old on Friday and

from birth never wanted to take naps, she now takes a 1 1/2 hour nap every

day. She also would sleep less than 6 hours a night and now she sleeps 9

hours. She is doing a lot better now that she can get the sleep that she

need, she is rested and has more energy. I have seen no side effects with

this drug.

Heidi

Mommy of (4) Adeline (almost 3) and Logan (2) and pregnant with

number 4

[Guest guest]

My daughter takes 1 mg and we can up it too 2 mg per day if needed.

Melatonin has helped her a lot, she is going to be 3 years old on Friday and

from birth never wanted to take naps, she now takes a 1 1/2 hour nap every

day. She also would sleep less than 6 hours a night and now she sleeps 9

hours. She is doing a lot better now that she can get the sleep that she

need, she is rested and has more energy. I have seen no side effects with

this drug.

Heidi

Mommy of (4) Adeline (almost 3) and Logan (2) and pregnant with

number 4

[Guest guest]

I have been using melatonin for Jake now 3 mg for about 2 months now - in addition to his clondine. The clondine would not help him fall asleep after use for a year - he is also severely ADD and take 54mg of concerta in the am. The combination of the clondine and melatonin have made a big difference and allows him to fall asleep. Jake is 11 1/2 with mild mito also.

I also just started cole (NDA) on 3 mg he is 7 1/2 as he is also ADD and since he started medication a month and a half ago has had a hard time falling asleep - we started it this week and it seems to be working.

Clay the most severely affected of my kids and cole's twin does not need anything at this time to help him sleep.

hugsSharonI ran the Marine corps marathon on 10-31-04 and I am running the Las Vegas Marathon on 1-30-05 - If you believe you can do it -- YOU CAN!!!

[Guest guest]

Well, I used Melatonin for my 2 sons briefly. My 5 yo who we think

has a mito disorder didn't seem to sleep using it. He's extremely

hyper and we tried it when he was 3 1/2. We tried up to 2 mg but it

didn't help. My older son who is mildly autistic used it when he was

5 1/2. It did help him sleep but it caused bad dreams with him. The

ped did say that some kids have their dreams intensified by using

Melatonin. We discontinued it and put him on Clonidine as well. I

use Melatonin myself with no side effects.

> I have just started using melatonin, with my 2 ½ year old , Zoe.

Wondering

> what affects the rest of you have seen, good and bad and what

dosage you are

> using with your children. Just curious if you have time, would love

to hear

> about this further. Thank you!!

>

>

>

> Suzanne M. man

[Guest guest]

Well, I used Melatonin for my 2 sons briefly. My 5 yo who we think

has a mito disorder didn't seem to sleep using it. He's extremely

hyper and we tried it when he was 3 1/2. We tried up to 2 mg but it

didn't help. My older son who is mildly autistic used it when he was

5 1/2. It did help him sleep but it caused bad dreams with him. The

ped did say that some kids have their dreams intensified by using

Melatonin. We discontinued it and put him on Clonidine as well. I

use Melatonin myself with no side effects.

> I have just started using melatonin, with my 2 ½ year old , Zoe.

Wondering

> what affects the rest of you have seen, good and bad and what

dosage you are

> using with your children. Just curious if you have time, would love

to hear

> about this further. Thank you!!

>

>

>

> Suzanne M. man

[Guest guest]

We started using Melatonin for Will (age 3) about a month ago, and it

has helped greatly in getting Will to sleep. It used to take 2+ hours

to get him to settle down and now we give it and 30 minutes later go

through our bedtime routine and he is just about asleep by the time we

are done. We are using a 2.5 mg sunlingual tablet (he just chews it

instead) and he has done very well. It so far has not helped him with

staying asleep, but at least he gets to sleep faster.

As a side note the week we started it (I think it was the same week)

there was an article in Reader's Digest's little medical section about

Melatonin possibly helping with migraines (they quoted a study that was

done). We have seen a decrease in Will's headaches (not sure if it is

the Melatonin or he started Topamax around same time).

Well hope that helps

J

in Colo.

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

We started our daughter, Ellie, on Melatonin about 2 months ago. It has really helped her to calm down before bedtime...although we have noticed that if she isn't in bed within about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes of taking it she will have a meltdown and it is as if she hasn't had it at all. Hope this helps!?!

KK

Mom to Ellie, 3 years old, Complex IV

Use of melatonin in toddlers/children, results??

I have just started using melatonin, with my 2 ½ year old , Zoe. Wondering what affects the rest of you have seen, good and bad and what dosage you are using with your children. Just curious if you have time, would love to hear about this further. Thank you!!

Suzanne M. manPlease contact mito-owner with any problems or questions.

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

We started our daughter, Ellie, on Melatonin about 2 months ago. It has really helped her to calm down before bedtime...although we have noticed that if she isn't in bed within about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes of taking it she will have a meltdown and it is as if she hasn't had it at all. Hope this helps!?!

KK

Mom to Ellie, 3 years old, Complex IV

Use of melatonin in toddlers/children, results??

I have just started using melatonin, with my 2 ½ year old , Zoe. Wondering what affects the rest of you have seen, good and bad and what dosage you are using with your children. Just curious if you have time, would love to hear about this further. Thank you!!

Suzanne M. manPlease contact mito-owner with any problems or questions.

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

We used melatonin for about a year or so for Lucas.

We were successful to get him to sleep and then after

an almost 48 hours without sleep we started him on

amitriptyline instead. We used only 200 micrograms =

0.2 mg's. I was a little concerned because of some

medical articles which claimed melatonin should be

used with caution with asthmatics. Loriann

--- Embroidery Journal

wrote:

> I have just started using melatonin, with my 2 ½

> year old , Zoe. Wondering

> what affects the rest of you have seen, good and bad

> and what dosage you are

> using with your children. Just curious if you have

> time, would love to hear

> about this further. Thank you!!

>

>

>

> Suzanne M. man

>

>

[Guest guest]

I remember that Grace and Zoe are very close in age. We were told to split the pill in half first, to see if that dose worked. It did not. Now we use the full pill (I think it is 3mg). The melatonin does help her fall asleep, but does not maintain sleep. We also are using 4mg of Periactin at night, wich really seems to help. Thankfully she only has spells of sleeplessness, so we use the Melatonin as needed. We use the Periactin for a ton of stuff so that is daily.

Best wishes, happy dreams

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